White River - First Branch

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Record: 35 Segment ID: M17- Stream Name: First Branch of the White River

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Channel Bed and Planform Changes
5.1	Bar Types
	Mid Bar	13
	Point Bar	10
	Side Bar	22
	Diagonal Bar	4
	Delta Bar	0
	Island Bar	4
5.2	Migration Features
	Flood Chutes	5
	Neck Cutoffs	0
	Channel Avulsions	0
	Braiding	0
5.3	Steep Riffles and Head Cuts
	Steep Riffles	8
	Head Cuts	0
	Tributary Rejuvenation	Yes
5.4	Stream Ford or Animal Crossing	No
5.5	Channel Alterations
	Straightening	Straightening
	Straightening Length	2,323 ft.
	Dredging	None

Comments:
multiple grade controls account for large majority of slope (GIS calc 3.4 pct slope); pockets of floodplain otherwise indicate a C-type stream, but semi-confined valley and repeated large storms (2009, 2010 localized flash floods, relatively limited impacts of 2011 TS Irene) contribute to movement of large materials lending to step-pool bedform. w/d ratio is within range for E-type stream, but have used +/- .2 factor to characterize as C-type due to relatively low sinuosity and nature of geologic materials and substrate.